The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could enshrine pay-for-play.

The Federal Communications Commission said it will propose rules on Thursday that could give high-speed Internet providers more power on what content moves the fastest on the Web based on which firms pay the most.The move could dramatically reshape the Web experiences of consumers, where videos for ESPN.com, Facebook or YouTube might be delivered more smoothly because of payments to broadband providers such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon. The streaming videos of a smaller competitor could be halted with buffering and low-quality images if those firms aren’t able to pay ISPs access to faster Internet lanes into American homes.
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/04/23/the-fcc-is-planning-new-net-neutrality-rules-and-they-could-enshrine-pay-for-play/Also see:In Policy Shift, F.C.C. Will Allow a Web Fast Lane
The principle that all Internet content should be treated equally as it flows through cables and pipes to consumers looks all but dead.Companies like Disney, Google or Netflix will be allowed to pay Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon for special, faster lanes to send video and other content to their customers under new rules to be proposed by the Federal Communications Commission, the agency said on Wednesday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/technology/fcc-new-net-neutrality-rules.html

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